FISH REPORT! Welcome to the Colorado! March in the Topock Gorge can be and has been a fruitful month for fishing, but this year the beginning of the month was less than perfect. It, however, has steadily improved. Redear, striper, smallmouth bass, and largemouth bass have all been caught. With Lake Havasu boasting record, redear, anglers have all been coveting these tasty ones. Stan and Pam Hart from Green Valley, AZ had a slow day, but still went home with enough sunfish for a meal. Mark & Marla Smith and Ed Warmer of Anchorage Alaska loved fishing in the gorge even if the fish were lethargic. They did, however, boat a lone 2-pound striper and a 2-pound redear. Dick Ray from Lake Havasu and Steve Radunz from Sartell, MN likewise experienced a sluggish day with only four fish taken…two redear and two smallmouth, one smally tipping the scales at 2.5-pounds and the other at 3-pounds. Who knows why one day the fish weights are in the two and three pound range and the next it they are only running around a pound. Yet that’s exactly what Kyle Gantz and Michael Mc Bride experienced. John Guignon and his 8year old son Kyle of Scottsdale, AZ suffered a slow but fun filled day with two largemouth bass weighing up to 3-pounds and a stout 2-pound smallmouth bass. Mike and Laura Conterman from Kingman, AZ and Patty Ragen of Henderson NV wanted pan fish and even though the numbers were not as they would have wished, they did go home with dinner. The species in our little corner of the world are warm water fish which means the warmer the water, the better the fishing. Like clockwork, warmer weather brought with it more action, and Shauneen and Sylvano Carlin from Alberta Canada reaped the benefits. They boated seven hefty sunfish in the pound plus category and four smallmouth bass. The bass were released while five of the redear went home with them…dead of course! With a stout 2.79-pound redear and a portly 9.5-pound channel cat, my friend Dave Oschner from Needles, CA had a stellar day. Both were taken on night crawlers. Check it out on our Face Book page at Capt. Doyles funfishing guide service and river excursions. From catfish, to largemouth bass and crappie, the Topock Marsh is seeing plenty of activity. AZG&F held a fishing clinic at Catfish Paradise for the 5th and 6th graders from Topock Elementary on Friday the 14th. A nameless local fisherman who had just gotten off the water showed his catch to the children, a nice crappie in the 1-pound class and a largemouth bass, then promptly released them both He told the kids that his crappie was a white crappie but because it was spawning it looked black. Black male crappie don’t change color during the spawning season, but white crappie males do get darker. As a result they are often mistaken for black crappie. If in doubt, count the dorsal fin spines. Black crappie have seven to eight dorsal fins while white crappie generally have only six. So far, so good! By all accounts, it’s going to be a productive fishing year!! See you on the river. Until the next time, Keep your sinker in the water and the plug in your boat, and remember no matter what time of day or year its always FunFishing on the Colorado! Capt. Doyle
Posted on: Mon, 17 Mar 2014 18:33:53 +0000
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